Ai! Ai, what's your favorite sport?

Hm, I love everything! What about you, Rin?

I love all sports, too! Hurdles and soccer are some of my best!

…

Ai and Rin are so chummy now.

It's so heartwarming, like seeing sisters play together.

Oh, come on! Next! Let's do the next contest!

What's the next one?

*Giggle* We're going to test another invaluable idol factor. The next contest is a test of musical knowledge!

Knowledge. So it'll be the complete opposite of the race.

This is Maki's time to shine!

Getting revenge for Rin, huh? Good luck!

Maki, do your best!

Revenge? I guess so. I'll just do my best, because I won't stand to lose.

So they finally brought out Maki.

(Maki Nishikino, their song writer. She definitely has a lot of musical knowledge.)

(I don't know what the test will be like, but if it's about reading music or musical history, I should be able to do well.)

Just in case you didn't realize, you're not allowed to participate. You're from Nijigasaki, but you're not a school idol.

I know. I'm not going to compete.

Ugh! Do you really have to say all that?!

But… Who should we have represent us? I only thought of one person when I heard it'd be a test of musical knowledge.

I'll do it then.

Setsuna!

I studied music quite a bit to become a school idol. This might be a good test of my knowledge.

Okay, let's leave this to you, Setsuna. Is that okay with everyone?

Yeah! Do your best, Setsuna!

Go for it!

So how are we going to do this? Are we seriously going to have a written exam?

I thought of that, but instead, we're doing a “Guess the Song Intro Quiz”!

What?!

I'm going to play the songs on this player at random, and before the words start, you have to guess the song name and the artist.

Hold on a second. I thought this was a test of musical knowledge. Wouldn't that be like musical history and music theory?

No, Maki. Knowing famous artists and songs is wonderful knowledge, too. You can only analyze songs, research them, and make them because people sing them!

You know your stuff, Setsuna. Maki, can we start?

…Fine. Even I know some famous songs and artists. Let's do this.

There will be a total of five songs. Whoever gets three right first, wins. Here's the first one.

I know!

?!

What?! That's so fast!

That was less like a short song piece and more like a sound.

D-Do you really know it?

Of course! The artist's name is Mint Chocolate and the song is “Let My Pride of ♡Love♡ Inside.”

That's correct!

Chocolate…?

This trio formed not long after the very idea of school idols came about! They were so popular, mint chocolate chip ice cream even kept selling out.

That's my Kayo-chin! She knows everything.

Wait a second. Are all the songs going to be…

[Fade in/out.]

The winner is Setsuna Yuki!

Thank you very much!

I can't believe you got all three answers in less than one second. I like you.

You seem pretty knowledgeable about school idols, too. We should talk some time!

They're getting along? I guess you really do grow closer to the people you compete with.

They weren't competing against each other though.

Why were all the songs school idol songs?!

M-Maki, don't beat yourself up about it. You had to be a school idol maniac to get some of those, so it's no wonder you didn't know some.

I would have won if it were all classical music.

Don't worry about it! It would have been interesting if you could guess idol songs so fast though.

You should listen to a lot of school idol songs along with all the classical from now on.

Yes. Songs reflect the times. I think it would help a lot to remember and research recent songs to help with song writing.

Umi, you too? Ugh, I just don't get this!